Meet Dairy Festival Contestants #1, #2 and #3, Kaitlyn, Cassidy and Alexis
This week on KSST Radio and Channel 18 TV, we will interview current Queen Jaci Reed and all eight contestants for the 2018 title of Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen, in the order that they will appear on Pageant night. All the contestants entered as 17-year-old Juniors in local high schools, and all will be Seniors when school starts this Fall. Each is very excited about the Pageant on Saturday June 16 at 7 pm in the SSISD...
Wildcats Face Prosper at Rockwall High
For the second time in four years, the Wildcats’ baseball team will meet Prosper in the playoffs. The Eagles beat the Wildcats, two games to zero, in the fourth round on their way to a state championship in 2015. Prosper’s Head Baseball Coach Rick Carpenter, father of St. Louis Cardinal Matt Carpenter, has over 800 baseball wins and several state championships. He came to Prosper from Houston Elkins. Wildcats Baseball...
Coach Talk: Hammack on Wildcat Wins; Corrillo Says Lady Cats Continued to Hit the Ball
Hammack on Wildcats Sat. Wins Over Wylie East Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said ace pitcher Ryan Humphries set the tone Saturday (May 5) for what turned into two wins at McKinney Boyd as the Wildcats got by Wylie East, 2 games to 1 in a bi-district series. Humphries threw a 5-hitter and gave up only an unearned run. Pacen Edwards and Jaxon Chaney kept it going on the mound in the last game as they combined for a no-hitter...
SSHS All-Sport Banquet Monday Night; Broadcast on KSST
When big sports events occur for Wildcats and Lady Cats’ team, expect to see KSST and Channel 18’s Doug Haston behind a video camera on a tripod. The 2017-2018 Wildcat All-Sports Banquet takes place Monday (May 7) beginning at 6 p.m. in the High School Cafeteria. KSST Radio will broadcast the banquet live. Haston will be videotaping all the awards for replay at a later date on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable. The Monday...
Lady Cats Area Game 2 Against Little Elm At McKinney North Friday Night
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo had no doubt that his team was capable of making a comeback when they fell behind 5-1 against Little Elm at McKinney North in game one of their best two out of three area series Thursday (May 3). Coach Carrillo told his team they had been there before. He told them to play better defensively and keep the Lady Lobos at five runs. He said he felt better after the Lady Cats cut the deficit to 5-3...
Game Day: Lady Cats on All-Artificial Turf at McKinney North; Face Little Elm in Area
Weather permitting, the Lady Cats’ softball team will begin a best two out of three Area round series Thursday at 7 p.m. at the all-artificial turf softball field at McKinney North. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show last Saturday and he gave us a scouting report on Little Elm, the Lady Cats Area opponent. Actually Coach Carrillo told us what he learned...
Game Day: Wildcat Baseball Senior Night
It’s a big Friday night (April 27) for the Wildcats’ baseball team. The Wildcats are hoping to end the night in a tie for first place in the district standings. The Wildcats play Hallsville at 7 p.m. at Wildcat Park. There will also be a JV game at 4 p.m. In varsity competition, Hallsville comes into Friday night’s game in first place with a 9-2 record. The Wildcats are tied for second with Texas High as both have...
Game Day: Lady Cats Enter Bi-District at Lovejoy
The Lady Cats’ softball team opens their best two out of three bi-district series with Lovejoy on this Thursday (April 26) game day. Game one is at the Lovejoy softball field in Lucas beginning at 7 p.m.. This will be the third time in recent years that the Lady Cats and Lady Leopards have met in bi-district. The two teams also faced each other last year. The Lady Leopards won the series two games to none winning at Lovejoy and...
Game Day: Wildcats Host Greenville
The Wildcats’ baseball team plays the Greenville Lions in a district game at Wildcat Park at 7 p.m. on this Tuesday game day. There will also be a JV game at 4 p.m. This game was originally on the schedule at Greenville but during the first half of district play, the teams decided to play in Greenville when Wildcat Park was too wet. The Wildcats fell behind 2-0 in that game before they rallied to take an 8-2 win. The Wildcats...
Coach Talk: Hammack on Wildcat, Carrillo on Lady Cat Verses Mt Pleasant
Hammack on Mount Pleasant Win Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said he always feels good when Ryan Humphries is on the mound for the Wildcats. Coach Hammack was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show last Saturday (April 21). Humphries got his third district shutout last Friday, 7-0 over Mount Pleasant. He has shut them out twice this season. Coach Hammack said the offense got off to a slow...
